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From: richardh@killer.UUCP (Richard Hargrove)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of 'char'
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Date: Sat, 10-Oct-87 17:09:28 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 10 17:09:28 1987
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Keywords: C language pronunciation
Summary: 'char' pronounced the same in C and Pascal
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In article <103@fxgrp.UUCP>, ljz@fxgrp.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman ) writes:
> It is my totally biased and totally correct opinion that it should be
> pronounced like the first syllable of "charcoal".  Those people who
> ...
> Lisp.  Those who pronounce it like "care" are, according to the illustrious
> Bob Johnsen (of Saratoga, California) "wimps and Pascal users".
> 

You are correct that the pronunciation should be the same as the first
syllable of "charcoal". That's also the way it should be pronounced in
Pascal as well, the "wimps" to the contrary. ;-)

What an incredibly trivial topic of discussion!